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Seeing as how the One Piece has sold 320 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling manga of all-time, it’s only natural that non-Asian merchandisers would eventually want to cash in on the series’ success. And what better company to do so than the hottest up-and-coming toy company in the world, Funko? With a first quartet consisting of Luffy, Chopper, Ace and Trafalgar Law, the Funko One Piece POP Vinyls figures are now up for order!

I was really afraid that as soon as the 5th Anniversary One Piece Figuarts Zero figure line came to an end, Bandai Tamashii would put the line on ice. And I was right–for a time. While we haven’t had a new One Piece FAZ solicited in three months now, the hiatus is finally over!

When Bandai Tamashii Nations announced the One Piece Figuarts Zero 5th Anniversary line of figures in the winter, I genuinely got my hopes up about the possibility of a resurgence of the One Piece FAZ series. Sadly, it appears that the days of getting one figure a month–much less two or three–are behind us. While we had hoped for the rest of the Mugiwaras to follow the pre-order for Luffy and Chopper, that has not occurred. But there is a consolation prize! One of the most popular One Piece characters of all time is returning with an all-new figure: the One Piece Figuarts Zero Portgas D. Ace 5th Anniversary figure is now up for order!

Sales and popularity of One Piece toys and collectibles are on a definite downswing in 2015, and every merchandiser out there is looking to reignite their brand with intended blockbuster releases. MegaHouse is pumping out highly Limited Portrait of Pirates figures, while Bandai has begun releasing new versions of the Figuarts Zero Straw Hat Pirates. Meanwhile, Banpresto’s approach is revisiting one of their most popular items of all-time, with the all-new One Piece DXF Brotherhood II Sabo, Ace and Luffy figures now up for order!

One of the hottest (no pun intended) One Piece Figuarts Zero figures ever has turned out to be the awesome Figuarts Zero Portgas D. Ace Cross Fire Battle Version figure that Bandai released at the start of 2014. If you missed out on that figure and don’t want to pay $200 for it on the aftermarket (or get an inferior counterfeit bootleg from Hong Kong), then you’re in luck! As the One Piece Figuarts Zero exclusive for the winter Tamashii Nations 2014 event, Bandai is bringing us a repaint of the coveted Ace: the Figuarts Zero Portgas D. Ace Battle Ver. Special Color Edition is now up for order!

I try desperately hard to keep this site as spoiler-free as absolutely possible for One Piece fans who only watch the One Piece anime and don’t read the One Piece manga. Unfortunately, we’re about to come to a tsunami of One Piece figure announcements that’s going to make being spoiler-free ridiculously difficult.

MegaHouse surprised us at the Spring 2014 MegaHobby Expo, when they unexpectedly debuted an all-new version of an old favorite: Portgas D. Ace! There’s a lot of pressure on MegaHouse to make the One Piece POP 10th Anniversary Portgas D. Ace figure the best version of Ace ever, and at the Summer 2014 Wonder Festival, we got to see that they were well on their way to making this piece a success! And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived–the One Piece P.O.P Portgas D Ace 10th Anniversary figure is now up for order!

At this point in my One Piece collecting life, I have an almost uncountable number of One Piece collectibles. From keychains to cell phone charms to One Piece Figuarts Zero to stuffed animals to WCF figures to One Piece SCultures and Portrait of Pirates figures, the number of One Piece toys I have is well into the triple-digits. But while I have tons of One Piece characters as figures, one thing that my collection was lacking that I didn’t even realize it was lacking was Devil Fruits. But Bandai is going to going to relieve me of this problem and take my money at the same time–the Bandai One Piece Mera Mera no Mi (Flame Flame Fruit) is now up for order!

Oh, my my. MegaHouse is just full of surprises at this weekend’s 2014 MegaHobby Expo Spring event! At a conference at 14:00 Japan time today, they revealed the last several new One Piece Portrait of Pirates figures that are going to be announced at the show.

And while I was certain we’d be seeing a new Law and a new Nami–the two characters who won the MegaHouse One Piece Dream Poll–MegaHouse threw us a curveball instead. But oh man, what a curveball! Coming in late 2014–the One Piece P.O.P LIMITED 10th Anniversary Ace figure!

It’s hard to believe that we’re almost a full month into 2014 without a single new One Piece Figuarts Zero figure being released, but the wait is at an end! While we’ll have to wait another month for the first mass-released One Piece FAZ figure of 2014 to hit stores (the awful Law Battle Ver. figure), a new Bandai Web Shop exclusive figure is finally here. The Figuarts Zero One Piece Portgas D. Ace Battle Ver. Cross Fire figure is now available for order–and in my mind, worth every (expensive) penny!